--- title: Jeb Bush: Donald Trump Talks Like a Reality Star description: Presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he has "grave doubts" about the ability of Donald Trump to be president in an interview on CNN canonical: https://time.com/4077521/jeb-bush-donald-trump-foreign-policy/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-18T14:15:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:53:00.151Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush: Trump Talks About Policy Like a Reality Star og:description: Bush attacked Donald Trump's foreign policy credentials in an interview og:url: https://time.com/4077521/jeb-bush-donald-trump-foreign-policy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt937a869ca6fa8dae/698868c6524fc00433df5123/2015-10-13t175317z_931331081_gf1000024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush answers a question during an interview with Reuters at Nonie's Restaurant in Peterborough og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush: Trump Talks About Policy Like a Reality Star twitter:description: Bush attacked Donald Trump's foreign policy credentials in an interview twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt937a869ca6fa8dae/698868c6524fc00433df5123/2015-10-13t175317z_931331081_gf1000024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush: Trump Talks About Foreign Policy Like a Reality Star  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 18, 2015 2:15 PM UTC  Jeb Bush answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Peterborough, NH, on Oct. 13, 2015. Jeb Bush answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Peterborough, NH, on Oct. 13, 2015.Brian Snyder—Reuters  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 18, 2015 2:15 PM UTC Presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he has “grave doubts” about the ability of his GOP rival Donald Trump to be president in an [interview](http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/18/politics/donald-trump-jeb-bush-foreign-policy/) on CNN’s _State of the Union with Jake Tapper_ on Sunday. “It looks as though he’s an actor playing a role of the candidate for president,” said Bush, arguing that Trump doesn’t understand foreign policy or the responsibilities of a president. “Across the spectrum of foreign policy, Mr. Trump talks about things as though he’s still on ‘The Apprentice.'” In the interview, Bush specifically ridiculed Trump’s position that the U.S. should let the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syrua (ISIS) fight the Syrian government’s troops and then allow Russia to pick up the pieces. Bush described policy as “some kind of board game and not a serious approach.” The comments come as Bush launches a new ad campaign ridiculing Trump’s foreign policy credentials. 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